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n. a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere

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The problem is that HFC 23 is a waste product in the manufacture of a refrigerant gas which damages the ozone layer, called HCFC 22, and chemical plants have used their CDM profits to ramp up production.

Scientists taking part in the TC4 experiment, which ran from July 2 to August 15, 2007, measured ozone-depleting chemicals including CFCs and CFC substitutes (such as HCFC-22 and methyl iodide - an important alternative to the ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide).